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smoking revolver (19,074 posts)
Old 03-01-07, 02:14 AM
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Hi,
which language do you think sounds the best, is most beautiful and pleasant to the ear?
From what I've heard I like Latin most.

They even have a saying: Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum viditur.
Or "Anything said in Latin sounds profound".
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Old 03-01-07, 02:38 AM
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Finnish is quite poetic. I like listening to Finnish lyrics more than to English although I understand less.
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Old 03-01-07, 07:35 AM
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Czech! Sounds so cheerful!
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Old 03-01-07, 07:44 AM
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I like French the most. I went for French lessons once, it cost me 20 quid and I got crabs.
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Old 03-01-07, 08:36 AM
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I like a language that's direct and open to new possibilities: english. Like, hey, I need to sync pronto. I also like german but words tend to be a tad long. French! Too many words and roundabouts, as is spanish. Latin, although I don't speak it, feels too convoluted for my personality -- and has that green brass, abraded feel to it.
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Old 03-01-07, 08:46 AM
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Portuguese
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Old 03-01-07, 08:50 AM
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Won't a lot depend on the accent?
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Old 03-01-07, 09:37 AM
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Sanskrit
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Old 03-01-07, 09:37 AM
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Won't a lot depend on the accent?
Or the tempo/rhythm. I suppose it all depends on personal taste. I prefer angular over melodic -- each 'beautiful' in their own right, I suppose.
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Old 03-01-07, 09:47 PM
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russian is a wonderful sounding language if a woman speaks it....when men speak it, it sounds like vomiting glass.

*shrug* go figure.
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Old 03-01-07, 09:50 PM
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Spanish sounds beautiful to me. Whispered especially. Then French.
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Old 03-01-07, 09:53 PM
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I like Asian languages, Korean, Chinese, Japanese
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Old 03-01-07, 09:57 PM
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Urdu is the most beautiful language I know. I luuuuv Urdu poetry, especially the ghazal and the work of Mirza Ghalib.

You can say stuff in Urdu that is simply impossible to translate.
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Old 03-01-07, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by samcdkey
Urdu is the most beautiful language I know. I luuuuv Urdu poetry, especially the ghazal and the work of Mirza Ghalib.

You can say stuff in Urdu that is simply impossible to translate.
my sister speaks urdu..her kids sound hilarious in their little kid voices, babbling away.

i believe what you say!
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Old 03-01-07, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by The Devil Inside
my sister speaks urdu..her kids sound hilarious in their little kid voices, babbling away.

i believe what you say!
Did you pick up any?
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Old 03-01-07, 10:02 PM
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Jive Jive Pakistan
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Old 03-01-07, 10:04 PM
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Alot of languages are beautiful but are spoken so rapidly it loses it's appeal. East Asian tongues are like this. Arabic and Persian too. If they were spoken much more slowly they would sound better.
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Old 03-01-07, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by samcdkey
Did you pick up any?
nah i dont see them often..havent in 2 years

they live in florida, and im in this hellhole of a country called belgium.
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Old 03-02-07, 11:45 AM
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is Opera a language? Can it be spoken without song? No, Not Oprah.
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Old 03-02-07, 12:05 PM
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